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he was the guy who copied pentagon papers. it was an interesting book i had ban student of vietnam before that. the basic outrage came from after being part of the pentagon papers study, is what it was. he came to the conclusion that american policy makers weren't stupid. they had done annalist after annalist and coming to the conclusion what they needed to in vietnam was x, but politically they weren't willing do that. they were willing to do y. they were following policy y cynically knowing the possibility of success was left. they were taking a politically expedient route against policy prescription said if you want to succeed you have to do. so i thought about that. it's a difficult question to ask. you ask yourself how are you supposed to tell and how much are they supposed to know? i think we struggle today with trying to explain something as complex as afghanistan and not doing it in a organized enough manner. if you go to back to world war ii, someone could put up a map and you could show progress across the country. i
he was the guy who copied pentagon papers. it was an interesting book i had ban student of vietnam before that. the basic outrage came from after being part of the pentagon papers study, is what it was. he came to the conclusion that american policy makers weren't stupid. they had done annalist after annalist and coming to the conclusion what they needed to in vietnam was x, but politically they weren't willing do that. they were willing to do y. they were following policy y cynically knowing...
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. >> chuck hagel and the battle for the pentagon. >> the good news is, for the verse time in many years, republicans and democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together. >> the immigration problem. has somebody been reading exit polls? >> too many children areying too many children. >> also, the fight over gonds. >> law-abiding gun owners will not accept the blame for acts of violence or deranged criminals. >> the word on hillary in 2016. will she or won't she? >> i have no plans to run. >> thursday was not a good day for chuck hagel, president obama's tourist to be his next defense secretary. his old friend and fellow vietnam veteran john mccain jump all over hagel for opposing the surge in iraq. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said the search would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? correct or incorrect? yes or no? are you going tonswer the queson, nator hage the question is, were you right or wrong? i would like to answer whether you were right or wrong. and you are fe to elaborate. >> i am not going to give you a yes or no answ
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you question the whole issue of military aid if it is run by the pentagon. just look at the top six recipients of the military aid and ask yourself what are we getting for this? list of the israel afghanistan, egypt, turkey and iraq. israel shouldn't be getting any aid from the united states. they don't need it from the united states. they don't want to get economic aid and they don't need the military, they don't face the threat of require and they have a pretty self-sufficient military industry, highly sophisticated and they can afford to buy the weapons they by. afghanistan, again, we are just feeding this criminal enterprise. who knows what is going to happen when we reduce our presence. pakistan, iraq, you all know what the problems are and the situations. but if you go and you look at the service structure and start with, say nuclear arms, think of the five to $6 trillion that we have invested in the nuclear arms that are in essentially an unusable weapon system faugh what are you going to do? we don't have them anymore. that is how many the country ha
you question the whole issue of military aid if it is run by the pentagon. just look at the top six recipients of the military aid and ask yourself what are we getting for this? list of the israel afghanistan, egypt, turkey and iraq. israel shouldn't be getting any aid from the united states. they don't need it from the united states. they don't want to get economic aid and they don't need the military, they don't face the threat of require and they have a pretty self-sufficient military...
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and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up u.s. war machines conflicts this in violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become open. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very course of a second world war. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here with. i'm with you all global news. violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of turmoil a petrol bomb over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down police responded with tear gas and heavy water cannons at least one person was killed fifty injured in the clashes reporter bill true was there so watch it all happen. i personally witnessed a lot of police b
and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up u.s. war machines conflicts this in violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become open. and russia seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very...
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d'agata classified briefings from the pentagon. we went in in march to my belief. you are going to be out, for the most part, by the end of the year. there is no long-term plan. in fact, if you're going to fall published administration for something which is why i think that book was unfair, we discourage to think the about what to do with regard to iraq. so then we had to work by the seat of our pants. by the time we left we were not too sure everything, but we had this false confidence that somehow this general would conduct a surgeon at is automated difference. what made differences that soon the awakening which was started before he ever got there. it was general casey. and they encouraged them to get involved because of what al qaeda was doing to their country , the incredible violence which still with the dispute between the factions. but we have this idea, we did it from the soviet union and for china, but these are totalitarian groups. the black box organizations, and once they make a proclamation everyone salutes the proximity of pocket -- proclamation. th
d'agata classified briefings from the pentagon. we went in in march to my belief. you are going to be out, for the most part, by the end of the year. there is no long-term plan. in fact, if you're going to fall published administration for something which is why i think that book was unfair, we discourage to think the about what to do with regard to iraq. so then we had to work by the seat of our pants. by the time we left we were not too sure everything, but we had this false confidence that...
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and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. and russia bogs seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives but ultimately changed the very course of the second world war. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at aussie moscow i'm a real research share with you all global. news. violent protests have swept several egyptian cities overnight in cairo the wave of rioting reached the presidential palace for the first time now in more than a week of turmoil and petrol bombs were lobbed over the gates with thousands demanding the president steps down and police responded with tear gas and heavy water cannons at least one person was killed fifty injured in the clashes reporter bill true
and a red faced pentagon is left to explain how iranian fuel wound up powering the u.s. war machines conflicts years long violation of america's very own embargo against the islamic state. east or west home is best u.k. government plans to persuade romanians and bulgarians that the old saying is true that fear is the inflow of immigrants will become overwhelmed. and russia bogs seventy years since the battle of stalingrad the bloodiest fighting human history which cost about two million lives...
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the pentagon is broken. what do we know about al qaeda? did we know that members of this network, all this information we take for granted now? >> we did not know that much. we did not know who was responsible for 9/11. we had a few assets that provided us some peripheral information. we did not know very much. it took a long time for us to be in a position to really learn what was going on. in march of 2002, we captured al zabeta. we recognized that we had to do something different. contrary to what some people are saying, he initially provided a couple of pieces of information. then he shut down. we knew they were coming after us in the second wave of attacks. we knew that they had a nuclear program. they had a biological weapons program. we thought we needed to do something different. that is when the enhanced interrogation program came into existence. he went through the program, started in august of 2002 for 20 days or so. a few weeks later we captured a major player. he was a go-between. this was the key to all of that. we forget tha
the pentagon is broken. what do we know about al qaeda? did we know that members of this network, all this information we take for granted now? >> we did not know that much. we did not know who was responsible for 9/11. we had a few assets that provided us some peripheral information. we did not know very much. it took a long time for us to be in a position to really learn what was going on. in march of 2002, we captured al zabeta. we recognized that we had to do something different....
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i worked at the pentagon, it would have been a lot better. we realize you got to go after the people who do the work, people who do logistics', communication, pass information, build car bombs, communicate, take those out so we came up with a strategy. i used to tell people it is like rocky balboa and apollo creed. we hit them in the midsection and it them aloft. from august of 20 . from august of 2004 when we did 18 raids, we doing 300 raids a month, ten a night. every raid guy on the force is going on one raid every night. every pilot is flying one or two raids every night. these raids are not patrols. these are going in the door, someone is getting shot. extraordinary. to do that you can't use previous systems. you have to bring in intelligence on an industrial scale, we got to the point where instead of plastic bags of information on a target we would start to exploit their computers and biometric data, it would be pumped back to west virginia from the target to see if we ever had that person before and if we ever had any dealings with hi
i worked at the pentagon, it would have been a lot better. we realize you got to go after the people who do the work, people who do logistics', communication, pass information, build car bombs, communicate, take those out so we came up with a strategy. i used to tell people it is like rocky balboa and apollo creed. we hit them in the midsection and it them aloft. from august of 20 . from august of 2004 when we did 18 raids, we doing 300 raids a month, ten a night. every raid guy on the force is...
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networks is one of the pentagon's top priorities. ew covers jamming, spoofing, and attacking enemy systems while defending your own network and was critical during the cold war. after the soviet collapse ew slipped to the sidelines, returning to the spotlight to did he he fend allied troops in iraq and afghanistan by jamming roadside bombs. ew has quietly become a priority as pentagon leaders prepare for future conflict and russia, china, and other nation states improve their ew capabilities. u.s. forces depend on vast networks for intelligence, strikes, navigation and logistics, and leaders realize that any smart enemy will attack these systems in any conflict to handicap american forces. among the changes to bert protect forces has been to merge cyber and ew operations which are intimately intertwined. joining us are the four men who head the ew efforts for their respective services. colonel jim ekvall, chief of war far division. captain greg smith, director of the navy's threet electronic warfare, colonel jim "hook" pryor, chief o
networks is one of the pentagon's top priorities. ew covers jamming, spoofing, and attacking enemy systems while defending your own network and was critical during the cold war. after the soviet collapse ew slipped to the sidelines, returning to the spotlight to did he he fend allied troops in iraq and afghanistan by jamming roadside bombs. ew has quietly become a priority as pentagon leaders prepare for future conflict and russia, china, and other nation states improve their ew capabilities....
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the pentagon has moved expand its cyber security efforts. i have to talk about colorado. the air force academy is well positioned to train those new experts. would you talk a little more on your take on cyber security and what sort of resources we need. >> i've been to those facilities in colorado a few times and don't know as much about them as you do, but i am familiar with them. they are essential to our national security. cyber, i believe represents as big a threat to the security of this country as any one specific threat. for all the reasons this committee understands. it's an insidious, quiet, kind of a threat that we have never quite seen before. it can paralyze a nation in a second. not just a power grid or banking system. but it can knock out satellites. it can take down computers on all our carrier battle ships and do tremendous damage to our national security apparatus. that is the larger threat. but when you start defining it down, this body, i know. i watched it. it went through a pretty agonizing three months at the end of 2012 trying to find a bill they co
the pentagon has moved expand its cyber security efforts. i have to talk about colorado. the air force academy is well positioned to train those new experts. would you talk a little more on your take on cyber security and what sort of resources we need. >> i've been to those facilities in colorado a few times and don't know as much about them as you do, but i am familiar with them. they are essential to our national security. cyber, i believe represents as big a threat to the security of...
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the pentagon and d.o.d. has grown by more than 100,000 civilians in the last decade. we can pare those back now that we're coming out of a period of war. >> i thought your civilian argument was great. we've been through these wars and you're saying you can take it right back down without losing any national security. >> i think if you're careful in how do you it, you can reshape the force and come out in a leaner and more agile organization. >> what about another civilian, maybe it's not civilian, you talk about reducing the cost of military health care. and i guess that includes things like co-pay. we have this problem throughout the government, michelle. should it be done, can it be done in d.o.d.? >> i think it can be. d.o.d. health care growing faster than civilian health care and other government health care programs. i think with more effective management you could end up taking cost out without reducing the quality of care. we obviously want to be fair about this but we are on an unsustainable trajectory and this is a really important benefit to make sure that
the pentagon and d.o.d. has grown by more than 100,000 civilians in the last decade. we can pare those back now that we're coming out of a period of war. >> i thought your civilian argument was great. we've been through these wars and you're saying you can take it right back down without losing any national security. >> i think if you're careful in how do you it, you can reshape the force and come out in a leaner and more agile organization. >> what about another civilian,...
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the pentagon is behind the reductions. you want a smaller nuclear arsenal that you can be confident will work. >> countries okay you off. countries with the bomb. the u.s., russia, britain, france, china, india, pakistan, israel, north korea. countries believed to be seeking the bomb, iran,ee p egypt, nigeria, syria, taiwan. officially given up to pssing or developing the bomb, south africa, argentina, brazil, kazakhstan, belarus, ukraine, libya. >> you want to correct that buchanan? >> i don't think there are any active programs in any of those countries you are talking about except possibly iran. i don't think egypt, i don't think they have nuclear programs at all. and south africa gave up an actual nuclear weapon. libya gave up what they had inside that mountain which juan working that well. >> do you want to speak to anything? particularly iran? >> iran is going to be i just came back from the middle east, iran is going to be the issue for that part of the world. nobody is comfortable with what iran is doing at this st
the pentagon is behind the reductions. you want a smaller nuclear arsenal that you can be confident will work. >> countries okay you off. countries with the bomb. the u.s., russia, britain, france, china, india, pakistan, israel, north korea. countries believed to be seeking the bomb, iran,ee p egypt, nigeria, syria, taiwan. officially given up to pssing or developing the bomb, south africa, argentina, brazil, kazakhstan, belarus, ukraine, libya. >> you want to correct that...
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secretary of defense he is the first such presidential nominee for pentagon chief this is happened to two the senators claim they need more time for another hearing as artie's going to church you can comments. those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck hagel two weeks ago at his confirmation hearing this whole process is seen as a message all by itself those lawmakers showed that they could crush anyone who would allow themselves to dissent from washington's core foreign policy beliefs chuck hagel remarks at the confirmation hearing disappointed even his supporters during the hearing which to many seemed like an inclusion mr haygood had to backtrack on many of the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and some other foreign policy views that he had expres
secretary of defense he is the first such presidential nominee for pentagon chief this is happened to two the senators claim they need more time for another hearing as artie's going to church you can comments. those who blocked the vote on chuck hagel nomination this thursday know very well that he will eventually be confirmed as defense secretary there are enough votes in the senate to confirm him but the stalling of the vote together with the humiliating treatment that the senators gave chuck...
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what are the plans at the pentagon for his first days in office? what is your goal in terms of making it fully in charge and able to deal with congress after this confirmation fight? >> the steps postconfirmation are still yet to be announced. we do not want to say anything and advanced. it is confirmed that senator hagel has some of his strong commitment to get down to usiness. to get deeply invested in the work of the pentagon and its military and civilian workers. he has spent a great deal of time getting briefed on the work ahead. i cant speak for him speak to him to say that he is looking forward to leading this department if confirmed. his goal is to look to the future and secretary panetta believes that he will be an outstanding success oor. >> is he bruised by the confirmation? can he still be effective with congress? >> absolutely. senator hagel is someone who has been much of his life in the holes of the united states congress. he understands the importance of debate, including during a confirmation process. he is going to, with a philoso
what are the plans at the pentagon for his first days in office? what is your goal in terms of making it fully in charge and able to deal with congress after this confirmation fight? >> the steps postconfirmation are still yet to be announced. we do not want to say anything and advanced. it is confirmed that senator hagel has some of his strong commitment to get down to usiness. to get deeply invested in the work of the pentagon and its military and civilian workers. he has spent a great...
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can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries on the mark? mort zuckerman. >> yes, i think they can survive it. they have a gigantic budget. they have to get their funds spent in the right priority. a lot of people feel we're going to have to cut costs out of virtually every department. we cannot ignore it. everybody comes one a case why we should spend money, and nobody comes one a case why we should raise the money to do it. we have to do something to get our budgets under control because otherwise this whole thing is going to explode. >> how does our military compare with mill fares around the world? >> we have about 1 million in the active owe. >> 1.2 million active -- 1.4 active duty, or something. but, john, if panetta is correct, why does the vice president the united states propose a different set of cuts for the same amount of money if it is going to savage the defense budget? he has not come forward with. that clearly this is a meat axe approach. it's not the right approach, but frankly it's the only way the republicans are going to
can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries on the mark? mort zuckerman. >> yes, i think they can survive it. they have a gigantic budget. they have to get their funds spent in the right priority. a lot of people feel we're going to have to cut costs out of virtually every department. we cannot ignore it. everybody comes one a case why we should spend money, and nobody comes one a case why we should raise the money to do it. we have to do something to get our...
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barbara starr at the pentagon. dana, i understand 15 republicans voting with the democrats to move forward on the official vote for hagel as defense secretary. how did it break down? what do we know? >> reporter: after all of the division, all of the debate, all of the delay, this was a pretty bipartisan vote to stop this filibuster and to allow the haguele nomination to go through. 71-27. that's right. 71-27. it wasn't even close to move this along. and we believe actually maybe more towards 18 republicans. we're trying to get the final breakdown. we can report that the final confirmation vote will happen in about two hours plus, 4:30 eastern. three hours, i should say. by the end of the day, chuck hagel, according to the vote, will be officially confirmed by the senate as the next defense secretary, after a lot of partisan division and pretty ugly back and forth about him and about his positions and it's gotten personal. >> and i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. obviously there are some things he's
barbara starr at the pentagon. dana, i understand 15 republicans voting with the democrats to move forward on the official vote for hagel as defense secretary. how did it break down? what do we know? >> reporter: after all of the division, all of the debate, all of the delay, this was a pretty bipartisan vote to stop this filibuster and to allow the haguele nomination to go through. 71-27. that's right. 71-27. it wasn't even close to move this along. and we believe actually maybe more...
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chris: what was the reaction by the pentagon the fact we have rules already. the rules are it has to be imminent attack, the person has to be involved in imminent strikes against the united states, and we can't bring him or her to trial and they do have protocols. >> there's a lot of murkiness within an attack. it's a very murky definition, and what defines an imminent attack. i wanted to talk about class value damage which is civilian casualties and i think, yes, the drones do save american lives but there's a lot of -- there's a lot of civilian casualties and they're not as accurate all the time as the pentagon or c.i.a. says. we heard a story this week about a very brave cleric in yemen who stood up in his mosque and denounced al qaeda, two days later some al qaeda guys come to visit him and they're arguing outside and they're incinerated in the drone attack. one of these guys was on the u.s. side. so not only is class value damage but also creates a -- collateral damage but also creates a lot of resentment. >> families and children killed, especially in no
chris: what was the reaction by the pentagon the fact we have rules already. the rules are it has to be imminent attack, the person has to be involved in imminent strikes against the united states, and we can't bring him or her to trial and they do have protocols. >> there's a lot of murkiness within an attack. it's a very murky definition, and what defines an imminent attack. i wanted to talk about class value damage which is civilian casualties and i think, yes, the drones do save...
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the pentagon is introducing a new award to ensure those fighting us wars from afar receive ample recognition defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it'll be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who waged their battles without setting foot in combat zones earlier are to. explain to my colleague research what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together and medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. per
the pentagon is introducing a new award to ensure those fighting us wars from afar receive ample recognition defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it'll be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who waged their battles without setting foot in combat zones earlier are to. explain to my colleague research what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all...
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civilian casualties with its war on terror a program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big demonstrations like they did with not to with you know. we're not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on the air in t. believe people are mean mercenaries are coming from outside so i put the libyan government before i mean you know. the most important thing was no idea and they were had big big controls for the time that neighbor twenty insight leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside yes they were throwing him
civilian casualties with its war on terror a program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. says that the western intervention that helped the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya. afraid of a big big...
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the pentagon officially notified employees that they could face four lows because of the cut. >> police could make a major breakthrough on the cold case. detectives have confirmed remains found in stafford county are those of a d.c. woman who disappeared six and a half years ago. we have more on the investigation and why police want your help tonight. >> the manner and cause of death that we suspect, that information leads us to believe it is a homicide. >> is a kind of crime the staffordshire department never wants to see cross of to their county. but when a trucker pulled off the road to go to the bathroom and found a skeleton remains, it deputies believe they're dealing with the murder. when they searched the area, they found personal effects scattered through the woods. the skeleton was taken to the medical examiner's office was determined it was that of young female. >> dna evidence revealed the victim was from a d.c.. her family reported her missing in 2006. >> we had not found anybody who had seen her in between 2006 and when we found her remains. >> she was known to associate wi
the pentagon officially notified employees that they could face four lows because of the cut. >> police could make a major breakthrough on the cold case. detectives have confirmed remains found in stafford county are those of a d.c. woman who disappeared six and a half years ago. we have more on the investigation and why police want your help tonight. >> the manner and cause of death that we suspect, that information leads us to believe it is a homicide. >> is a kind of crime...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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we got some news last month that the pentagon purchased 5,000 copies. let me finish it. and it's for counter intelligence training, 101 and mandatory reading for they're course encounter intelligence. this is in tan sa any a. i went there when i was three years old and my father founded a medical center and my mother started a school. it was a wonderful childhood. i went to school with children from two dozen countries. with jews and christians and hindus and for me that was the way the world was. finally it came time to come back to america. i was in high school and really looking forward to coming back to a place whether i heard about fourth of jewels lies anulies . i got beat up. they said you're not from america. it wasn't in africa that i learned about racism but here in united states. we were completely broke and i did something real unpopular at the time. four days after high school i joind the united states army. not only to serve my country but to get the,gi bill to continue my education. then i saw young men and women from all across america. from farms and ran
we got some news last month that the pentagon purchased 5,000 copies. let me finish it. and it's for counter intelligence training, 101 and mandatory reading for they're course encounter intelligence. this is in tan sa any a. i went there when i was three years old and my father founded a medical center and my mother started a school. it was a wonderful childhood. i went to school with children from two dozen countries. with jews and christians and hindus and for me that was the way the world...
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in effect, you find that you get gaps between the pentagons. you can't tile them evenly on a flat surface, so you have to put it on this kind of surface here. and you can show it in a picture by distorting the shape, by making them smaller as you go further and further out. and so, in principle, these will get really, really tiny as you get further and further out. and you in effect go to infinity at the very edge here. now, this is just a representation of what that kind of surface would be like. it's something called a hyperbolic plane. now, this remarkable sculpture done by someone named helaman ferguson, who is both a mathematician and an artist, this brings tother a lot of different aspects of infinity all in one piece. if you look at this sculpture, the cross-section is a triangle with the sides bent inward, and what's happened is that this triangle turns and twists around and then joins back up again. so it has a twist in it. and so what you end up with is this edge here. and if you follow the edge all the way around, through the back, t
in effect, you find that you get gaps between the pentagons. you can't tile them evenly on a flat surface, so you have to put it on this kind of surface here. and you can show it in a picture by distorting the shape, by making them smaller as you go further and further out. and so, in principle, these will get really, really tiny as you get further and further out. and you in effect go to infinity at the very edge here. now, this is just a representation of what that kind of surface would be...
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. >> reporter: he insisted he will lead, not follow, at the pentagon and around the world. >> america must engage in the world. not to retreat from the world. >> reporter: for hours, one republican after another accused the two-term nebraska senator of shading his true believes. among their concerns, past statements criticizing israel. >> do you think that it is right that israel was committing a "sickening slaughter" as you said in the senate? >> name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate? >> your use of intimidation? i should have used influence. >> reporter: more focus on this area, where he looked at more nuclear weapons, even if the u.s. goes firsts. he says he doesn't agree with all the findings. >> why would you ever put your name on a report that is inconsistent with what you're telling us today? >> reporter: but the big flash point? iran, where he stumbled talking about basic u.s. policy, calling iran a "legitimate government". >> i do not see iran as a legitimate government. i would like your thoughts on that. >> what
. >> reporter: he insisted he will lead, not follow, at the pentagon and around the world. >> america must engage in the world. not to retreat from the world. >> reporter: for hours, one republican after another accused the two-term nebraska senator of shading his true believes. among their concerns, past statements criticizing israel. >> do you think that it is right that israel was committing a "sickening slaughter" as you said in the senate? >> name...
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it is doubtful the pentagon could offer medical, dental and housing allowances. benefits require the repeal of the toefs of marriage act, the law which defense marriage as a union between a man and a woman. despite lifting the ban on overly gay and lesbian troops, the pentagon still cannot recognize those marriages. >>> still ahead at 6:00, investigative reporter jenna goes undercover to expose a broken system in the restaurant inspection reports you've never seen. >> and can you save your marriage in a matter of minutes? the simple task that might be the key. >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. we did manage some sunshine by this afternoon. but tomorrow it is going to stay cool. numbers in the mid-50s. we do want to update you two more aftershocks from the 8.0 pacific earthquake. there is no west coast tsunami warnings. we'll be keeping a close eye on it. more coming up. >>> smoking rate are higher among adults with mental illness. adults with some form of meant mental illness. they smoke more and are less likely to quit, r
it is doubtful the pentagon could offer medical, dental and housing allowances. benefits require the repeal of the toefs of marriage act, the law which defense marriage as a union between a man and a woman. despite lifting the ban on overly gay and lesbian troops, the pentagon still cannot recognize those marriages. >>> still ahead at 6:00, investigative reporter jenna goes undercover to expose a broken system in the restaurant inspection reports you've never seen. >> and can you...
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when i came into the pentagon with the administration we were horrified what we saw. there were 10 years of cuts under jimmy carter after vietnam. we found planes that couldn't fly. because airplane pilots because they didn't have enough hours certified. ships that couldn't sail. for he have tank we had sitting one next to it that we cannibalized. the worst thing we took it out on military personnel, wounded warriors, homeless veterans. we're starting to see it now. the sequester cuts will have cuts in health care benefits. they will be cutting back on, you know, on the benefits that our wounded wars i don't remembers and retirees have. we're doing it again. not just the equipment maintenance and the operations of our armed forces but on the actual personnel and i think that was a stain on the soul of america in the 1970s. i think it will abstain on the soul of america if we do it again. jenna: very important things for us to think about as we await comments from the president and the state of the union. kt, great to have you as always. >> thank you. jenna: jon? jon:
when i came into the pentagon with the administration we were horrified what we saw. there were 10 years of cuts under jimmy carter after vietnam. we found planes that couldn't fly. because airplane pilots because they didn't have enough hours certified. ships that couldn't sail. for he have tank we had sitting one next to it that we cannibalized. the worst thing we took it out on military personnel, wounded warriors, homeless veterans. we're starting to see it now. the sequester cuts will have...
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defense secretary is republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the far path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well r.t. has got a firsthand account from a man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion you know what a minute or so later that broke glass and everything the late fixtures were swaying back and forth and i don't point to when looked out the window when i saw this giant street going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what would have just happened. at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn't get through to him
defense secretary is republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the far path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well r.t. has got a firsthand account from a...
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but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb and strafe they they they dissed they killed people in gaza palestinians in gaza and they do interfere in iraq as well as there was seymour hersh of the famous american jordan a sort of deal that israeli agents. go through iraqi kurdistan and to iran to conduct some but objectivity is and gather intelligence. as part of their effort to to maybe in future attack attack iran their role in syria is now quite clear with a with a bomb or a bombing. yesterday or the day before yesterday and to and to syria so israel is a very close ally of the united states it's a forward military base practically for the u
but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region have suffered major talking from israel israel is not such a such an innocent party in all this i mean that. they occupied the lands of all their neighboring. states they go into lebanon and bomb...
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. >>> today the pentagon warned hundreds of thousands of civilian workers that they are likely to lose one day of week of work for the foreseeable future if the sequester takes effect, those furloughs would begin in april. jennifer johnson is on capitol hill with a story that affects a lot of people in our area. jennifer? >> that's right, jim. the clock is ticking the congress has just about -- just a bit over a week to come up with some kind of budget deal. if that does not happen, these cuts go into effect automatically, which will have a huge impact on the pentagon. the defense department will take the biggest hit if congress can't come up with a budget deal and the so-called sequester, $85 billion in across the board, automatic spending cuts goes into effect by law. >> i think we're going to have serious readiness effects. i don't know where we're going to get the money. these are legally binding requirements. >> panetta said the vast majority of the debt's 800,000 civilian workers will have to be furloughed one day a week, in essence a 20% pay cut. secretary of state john kerry wa
. >>> today the pentagon warned hundreds of thousands of civilian workers that they are likely to lose one day of week of work for the foreseeable future if the sequester takes effect, those furloughs would begin in april. jennifer johnson is on capitol hill with a story that affects a lot of people in our area. jennifer? >> that's right, jim. the clock is ticking the congress has just about -- just a bit over a week to come up with some kind of budget deal. if that does not...
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like many of the people he'll lead in the pentagon, he's earned a combat infantryman's badge. and this is not something that is in the abstract. he has two purple hearts from combat service in vietnam. he still carries shrapnel in his body from his injuries. on any issue having to deal with the u.s. military, i have long valued the firsthand experience of chuck hagel. but this service alone is not are what makes him qualified. he's been a leader in the public and private sectors. he cofounded van guard cellular systems, a successful cellular carrier in the 1980's and 190's. he was president and c.e.o. and the chief operatin operating off the 1997g-7 summit. he served as president of an investment bank and is a two-term united states senator. clearly a qualified nominee. since his nomination was announced last month, some have questioned senator hagel's position on a number of issues. notably, his support for israel. at his confirmation hearings, he's reaffirmed his record of support for israel. he's defended israel's right to defend itself against aggression. he is committed t
like many of the people he'll lead in the pentagon, he's earned a combat infantryman's badge. and this is not something that is in the abstract. he has two purple hearts from combat service in vietnam. he still carries shrapnel in his body from his injuries. on any issue having to deal with the u.s. military, i have long valued the firsthand experience of chuck hagel. but this service alone is not are what makes him qualified. he's been a leader in the public and private sectors. he cofounded...
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the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there perhaps there's a basic knowledge of the territory somewhere in the border between afghanistan and pakistan that's involved but let's compare it just sitting around basically just sitting at a base to doing something like something that was done by sergeant william stacey in two thousand and eleven he received a bronze medal a bronze a bronze star which is considered to rank below the medal that we're talking about now what he did was receiving fire along with his squad from ten or twelve and we fighters from five separate fighting positions thoug
the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war...
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and who at the pentagon where is this authority at the pentagon and who makes the decisions on how widespread do you know is the drone program run by the pentagon? >> i don't know necessarily the scope of the program, but i can tell you that in recent weeks, that's something that leon paneta as he is doing his final media tour ahead of likely being out of the pentgon, very shortly has been talking a lot about and he kind of said that drone warfare is likely to be a staple of the american military for quite some time looking forward. that was an interview about two weeks ago. the top guy at the pentagon spoken out about and said it will be part of the future the way america handles the military and he spoke to the program's success as well. >> bill: we have been talking. a lot about who makes this decision to go after an american citizen or non-american citizen. >> right. >> with drones. right now, there is a cia program and defense department program. why would you have two? as uncomfortable as i am with drones, i am more comfortable having it run out of the pentagon anthan the cia, given the
and who at the pentagon where is this authority at the pentagon and who makes the decisions on how widespread do you know is the drone program run by the pentagon? >> i don't know necessarily the scope of the program, but i can tell you that in recent weeks, that's something that leon paneta as he is doing his final media tour ahead of likely being out of the pentgon, very shortly has been talking a lot about and he kind of said that drone warfare is likely to be a staple of the american...
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keep poised spending at the pentagon and check. the bottom line is, we need to completely reevaluate the bloated pentagon budget and scrutinize each atom. there is no reason to continue spending billions on outdated cold war era weapons programs, so i am proud to stand with my colleagues today in putting forward the balancing act, which is, again, a common-sense approach to reducing our long-term deficits and creating an economy that works for all in a fair and balanced way. thank you, again. >> we have jim mcdermott and -- oh, i'm sorry. jerry nadler. >> thank you. let me start by thanking our to cochairs. the balancing act is designed to prevent a catastrophic results of sequestration was to help the long-term balance within cuts and revenues. the simple truth is that for kids and seniors, businesses and military command still recovering economy, sequestration is a disaster. its effect will be devastating to our economy, and we will eliminate thousands of critical jobs. two problems with the sequestered. one, all the specific cut
keep poised spending at the pentagon and check. the bottom line is, we need to completely reevaluate the bloated pentagon budget and scrutinize each atom. there is no reason to continue spending billions on outdated cold war era weapons programs, so i am proud to stand with my colleagues today in putting forward the balancing act, which is, again, a common-sense approach to reducing our long-term deficits and creating an economy that works for all in a fair and balanced way. thank you, again....